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Sign in🔗 URL Shortener
Shorten a long URL and keep track of how many times it gets clicked.
Shorten a URL
Paste a full link starting with http:// or https://.
Your short links
Two addresses per link, and only one works today
Shortening mints a seven-character code from digits and mixed-case letters - 62 to the power of 7, about 3.5 trillion combinations, so codes are never reused or guessable in practice. Each row then shows the code twice:
s.simplemoney.online/<code> the short form, not yet live
<api host>/go/<code> "Test it now" - the working redirectOnly the second one resolves at the moment, because the short subdomain has not been provisioned. The Copy button gives you the short form, so paste it somewhere and check it before you print it on anything.
What is recorded, and what is not
- One number per link. A visit to the redirect adds 1 to that link's click count and nothing else is written - no referrer, no country, no per-click timestamp, no visitor identity.
- Repeat visits all count. Preview bots in chat apps follow the redirect too, so an unshared link can show a handful of clicks on its own.
- The redirect is a 302, not a permanent one, which is what keeps the counter working - a 301 would be cached by browsers and stop reporting.
- Twenty links are free. While SimpleMoney is in beta there is no charge beyond that. The long URL must be absolute http or https and under 2,000 characters.
Frequently asked questions
Does the click count show unique visitors?
No. It is a plain tally of redirects, so one person opening the link five times adds five. Nothing distinguishing a visitor is stored, which also means the count cannot be broken down by source or date later.
Do short links here expire?
No. A code keeps resolving until you delete it. There is no expiry date and no inactivity sweep, so an old link in a printed leaflet carries on working.
Why does the short URL I copied not open?
The s.simplemoney.online domain is not switched on yet, so the copied
form will not resolve. Use the "Test it now" address underneath it, which points at
the API and redirects properly.